I/O Interfacing of 8086

Using 8255

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8255 Internal Architecture
Working Modes Of 8255
Control Word Of 8255 PPI
BSR Mode Control Word
Operation Of Different 8255 Modes
Interfacing Examples Using 8255 PPI

8255 Programmable Peripheral Interface

Description

The Intel 82C55A is a general purpose programmable I/O

device which may be used with many different
microprocessors.

There are 24 I/O pins which may be individually

programmed in 2 groups of 12 and used in 3 major modes of
operation.
The high performance and industry standard configuration
of the 82C55A make it compatible with the 8086.

8255 Internal Architecture

 Data Bus Buffer

This three-state bi-directional 8-bit buffer is used to
interface the 82C55A to the system data bus. Data is
transmitted or received by the buffer upon execution
of input or output instructions by the CPU. Control
words and status information are also transferred
through the data bus buffer.

Read/Write and Control Logic

The function of this block is to manage all of the
internal and external transfers of both Data and
Control or Status words. It accepts inputs from the
CPU Address and Control busses accepts inputs from
the CPU Address and Control busses and in turn,
issues commands to both of the Control Groups.
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 (A0 and A1) Port Select 0 and Port Select 1 :

These input signals, in conjunction with the RD
and WR inputs, control the selection of one of the
three ports or the control word register. They are
normally connected to the least significant bits of
the address bus (A0 and A1).
(CS) Chip Select : A low on this input pin
enables the communication between the 82C55A
and the CPU.

 (RD) Read : A low on this input pin enables

82C55A to send the data or status information to
the CPU on the data bus. In essence, it allows the
CPU to read from the 82C55A.
(WR) Write : A low on this input pin enables
the CPU to write data or control words into the
82C55A.

 (RESET) Reset : A high on this input

initializes the control register to 9Bh and all ports
(A, B, C) are set to the input mode. Bus hold
devices internal to the 82C55A will hold the I/O
port inputs to a logic 1 state with a maximum
hold current of 400mA.

Working Modes Of 8255

Mode Selection
There are three basic modes of operation than can be

selected by the system software:

Mode 0 - Basic Input/Output
Mode 1 - Strobed Input/Output
Mode 2 - Bi-directional Bus

When the reset input goes high, all ports will be set to
the input mode with all 24 port lines held at a logic one
level by internal bus hold devices.

After the reset is removed, the 82C55A can remain in the

input mode with no additional initialization required

During the execution of the system program, any of the

other modes may be selected using a single output
instruction. This allows a single 82C55A to service a
variety of peripheral devices with a simple software
maintenance routine.

Any port programmed as an output port is initialized to all

zeros when the control word is written.

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Working Modes Of 8255

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 The modes for Port A and Port B can be separately

defined, while Port C is divided into two portions as
required by the Port A and Port B definitions.
For instance: Group B can be programmed in Mode
0 to monitor simple switch closings or display
computational results, Group A could be
programmed in Mode 1 to monitor a keyboard or tape
reader on an interrupt-driven basis.

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Control Word for 8255

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BSR Mode For 8255

Single Bit Set/Reset Feature

Any of the eight bits of Port C can be Set or

Reset using a single Output instruction. This
feature reduces software requirements in controlbased applications. operation just as if they were
output ports.
When Port C is being used as status/control for
Port A or B, these bits can be set or reset by
using the Bit Set/Reset.

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BSR Control Word

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Operation Of Different Modes

Operating Modes
Mode 0 (Basic Input/Output) : This functional configuration
provides simple input and output operations for each of the three
ports. No handshaking is required, data is simply written to or read
from a specific port.

Mode 0 Basic Functional Definitions:

Two 8-bit ports and two 4-bit ports

Any Port can be input or output

Outputs are latched

Input are not latched

16 different Input/Output configurations possible

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 Mode 1 - (Strobed Input/Output) : This functional configuration

provides a means for transferring I/O data to or from a specified port
in conjunction with strobes or hand shaking signals. In mode 1, port
A and port B use the lines on port C to generate or accept these
hand shaking signals.
Mode 1 Basic Function Definitions:
(i) Two Groups (Group A and Group B)
(ii) Each group contains one 8-bit port and one 4-bit control/data
port
(iii) The 8-bit data port can be either input or output. Both inputs
and outputs are latched.
(iv) The 4-bit port is used for control and status of the 8-bit port.

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 Mode 2 Basic Functional Definitions :

(i) Used in Group A only
(ii) One 8-bit, bi-directional bus Port (Port A)
and a 5-bit control Por t (Por t C)
(iii) Both inputs and outputs are latched
(iv)The 5-bit control port (Port C) is used for
control and status for the 8-bit, bi-directional bus
port (Por t A)

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I/O Interfacing ( LEDs Interfaced

with 8086)
Example 1:- Interface an 8255 chip with 8086 to work as an I/O port.
Initialize port A as output port, Port B as I/P port and Port C as O/P
port. Port A address should be 0740H. Write an ALP to sense switch
positions SW0SW7 connected at port B. The sensed pattern is to be
displayed on port A, to which 8 LED's are connected, while port C
lower displays number of on switches out of the total eight switches ?

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 The 8255 is to be interfared with lower order data

bus; i.e. D0-D7.
The A0 and A1 pins of 8255 are connected to A1
and A2 pins of the microprocessor respectively. We
will use absolute decoding scheme that uses all the
16 address lines.
For deriving the device address pulse. Out of A0
A15 lines, two address lines A2 and A1 are directly
required by 8255 for three port and CWR address
decoding. Hence only A3 to A15 are used for
decoding addresses.
Circuit diagram, the 8086 is assumed to be in the
maximum mode so that IORD and I OWR are
readily available.
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Interfacing Keyboard with 8086

Example 2:-. Interface a 4 4 keyboard with 8086 using 8255,
and write an ALP for detecting a key closure and return the key
code in AL. The debouncing period for a key in 20 ms ?

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 Here we use port A as output port for selecting

a row of keys while port B is used as an input port
for sensing a closed key.
Hence the keyboard lines are selected one by
one through Port A and the Port B lines are polled
continuously till a key closure is sensed.
The higher order lines of Port A and Port B are
left unused. The flow chart of the ALP is as
shown below :

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 We suppose that we use simple mechanical switches.

For keyboard, then to get the meaningful data from a
keyboard requires three steps :
(1) Detect a key press

(2) Debounce the key press

(3) Encode the key press

The three tasks can be done with a hardware, software
or a combination of the two.
The rows of the matrix are connected to four output
port lines. The column line of the matrix are connected to
four input port lines

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Interfacing 7-Seg Display with 8086

Example 3:- Interface an 8255 with 8086 at 80H as an I/O address
of Port A. Interface five 7 segment displays with the 8255. Write
an ALP to display 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 over the 5 displays
continuously as per their positions starting with 1 at the least
significant position ?

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